i hate beeps of all kinds. the new install was beeping when gdm started, then it was beeping for no reason when i hit capslock in the empty space, when man pages over the beginning or end of a manpage, etc. i needed this fixed. found a few things on the internet, but i feel my solution so far is incomplete:
add to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist pcspkr
add to .xinitrc
xset b off
xset b 0 0 0
add to .inputrc (this i knew already)
set bell-style visible
add to .bashrc
set visualbell
export PAGER=less
export LESS=”-Q”
add to .vimperatorrc
set visualbell